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<h1>Full Lispbox Installation</h1>

<p>After you've <a href="download.html">downloaded</a>
a <a href="lispbox.html">Lispbox</a> distribution, how exactly you
install it depends on which operating system you're using.</p>


<h2>GNU/Linux</h2>

<p>On GNU/Linux the distribution comes as a gzipped tar file that
unpacks into a directory named lispbox-&lt;version&gt;. To install it,
you simply need to save the downloaded file and untar it
with <code>tar xzf</code>. For example, if you want to install Lispbox
in your home directory, save the downloaded file in your home
directory, <code>cdy</code> to your home directory and execute this
command:</p>

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  tar xzf lispbox-0.1.tar.gz
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<p>This will create a <code>lispbox-0.1</code> directory in your home
directory. In a full Lispbox disttribution, this directory will
contain a script <code>lispbox.sh</code>. You can then either
add <code>lispbox-0.1</code> to your <code>PATH</code> or you can
invoke <code>lispbox.sh</code> by specifying the complete path when
you invoke it:</p>

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  bash$ /home/peter/lispbox-0.1/lispbox.sh
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<p>This script will start Emacs and launch the installed Common Lisp
in SLIME.</p>

<p>In a no-emacs distribution, there is no startup script. Instead you
need to 


<h2>Mac OS X</h2>

<p>On OS X the distribution comes as a disk image. When you download
it it should be mounted automatically. Double-click the
<code>Lispbox.pkg</code> icon to run the installer. It will install
Lispbox in <code>/Applications/</code>. Once the installation is
complete, you can double click the <code>Emacs</code> icon in the
new <code>Lispbox</code> directory to launch Emacs and start the
installed Common Lisp implementation in SLIME.

<h2>Windows</h2>

<p><i>Not yet available</i></p>


<h1>No-Emacs Lispbox Installation</h1>

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